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A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

Not only is this nature preserve the largest protected freshwater island on the East Coast, but it’s also a stronghold of Gullah living.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

Carved fountains poignantly placed in parks and in front of special monuments.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

This former train station was once an important shipping depot for the regions farmers.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.

The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.